PNW Save-A-Classic

[cstevens]

Anybody heard what the lien is on this? Looks like the P.O. did a lot of cosmetic work (or paid for it, anyway) but didn't have the wherewithal to finish the job. Too bad. I hope someone gets her who has the capability of doing it right.

Hm. They may have done some cosmetic work a few years ago but if the photo on the Port of PT site is at all recent she needs is all done over again, and likely more besides.



Too bad. That's a really neat boat.

[Hugh MacD]

Yeah...looks like she'd be a really great "Sound" boat. I'd be a little uncomfortable offshore with those big windows, but for anyplace inshore she'd be comfortable, if a bit big.

[David G]

This has a bit of the aroma of someone thinking they could buy a boat cheap, tart it up a bit, and flip it for a big score. Then reality set in... and they had to walk away. Or - sometimes sudden health issues have the same result.

[Tom Wilkinson]

As an FYI - Hagerty will not insure boats over 50 ft. I'd always heard good things about them, but when I inquired, I got a very brusque email in response & when I asked for any suggestions on who might, the response was simply "No". I was unimpressed.

I’m none too happy with Hagerty classic car insurance right now. Drove my 48 truck from NH to GA last week, broke down in PA only to be told I had no roadside coverage. They “accidentally” left it off the renewal premium. “Sorry. Would you like a free year of roadside as compensation?” Shopping for a new company now. Their response has been completely unacceptable.

[Hugh MacD]

This has a bit of the aroma of someone thinking they could buy a boat cheap, tart it up a bit, and flip it for a big score. Then reality set in... and they had to walk away. Or - sometimes sudden health issues have the same result.

You may have the right of it David. I'd like to know how she's fastened and the structural condition. This would be a good starting point for a project as she's cleaned up and dry enough without being too dry (hopefully). At my age she won't be my project, but a good start for an ambitious youngster.

[BBSebens]

but a good start for an ambitious youngster.

... must.... resist ..... project ..... boat....

[cstevens]

... must.... resist ..... project ..... boat....

Ben, from what I hear you have a project house now. No time for drooling over boats. Back to work!

[Garret]

Ben, from what I hear you have a project house now. No time for drooling over boats. Back to work!

Hey! We're supposed to be enabling here. WTH was this splash of the cold waters of reality?

[cstevens]

Ha! Ben's wife is doing perfectly fine at enabling all on her own. I keep seeing Facebook posts from her liking boats... Seriously I do not know how they have not ended up with one yet.

[hawkeye54]

See Ben's post #41 - his mantra seems to be working, at least for now !

[BBSebens]

Ben, from what I hear you have a project house now. No time for drooling over boats. Back to work!

Hey! We're supposed to be enabling here. WTH was this splash of the cold waters of reality?

Ha! Ben's wife is doing perfectly fine at enabling all on her own. I keep seeing Facebook posts from her liking boats... Seriously I do not know how they have not ended up with one yet.

Seriously. Its a miracle we don't have our own boatyard yet.

Hmmm.... there's an idea.....

[stromborg]

I showed my wife pictures of the boat, she really liked it. Then I told her the back story...too much bad juju for her. Probably just as well, I have a project house to finish too.

[chas]

I have a pic of Accolade for sale on the hard in PT with trees like that in the background, Feb/March of 2008. There was three weeks of yard time included when we acquired her so I moved aboard and did what I could to prepare for the trip north. There was so much interesting work going on there they had to throw me out . I loved the opportunity to go through boats like this for the education that it provides regarding construction and other details. / Jim

[Hugh MacD]

Seriously. Its a miracle we don't have our own boatyard yet.

Hmmm.... there's an idea.....

Murn' already accuses me of having one I'd get serious about it if we could get permitting...or would have ten years ago.

[WhiteRabbet]

You may have the right of it David. I'd like to know how she's fastened and the structural condition. This would be a good starting point for a project as she's cleaned up and dry enough without being too dry (hopefully). At my age she won't be my project, but a good start for an ambitious youngster.

She is fastened Silicone Bronze. I have seen the fastening schedule document. But she has been glassed over to the waterline. A think glass job granted. Is she dry? When I looked at her a few months back she was leaking from the topsides and gathering fresh water trapped in her bilges... There were no drain holes I guess. Granted there was a lot of oil in this water, kind of nasty stuff.. Maybe this oil protects the wood? But my concern was that from everything I read about cold molding and glassing carvel boats, as well as personal experience of elders I know, fresh water getting into the bilges of a glassed over boat is the eventual kiss of death, a one way ticket.


That said, the boat has an extraordinary history as a spy boat sub hunter in WWII. And there are other fourm posts somewhere by a guy who sailed on her as a youngster attesting to the fact that she's a surprisingly fast sailor.

A friend I know who worked in the Grebe shipyard when he was younger and is working on a history of the yard. He wants to organize a group to save her and get her back to Chicago where she was built for a restoration.

He asked me to put his contact info here incase anyone on here wanted to be a part of such an effort or discuss related matters, but since I don't think he would want is contact getting taken by chat bots or whatever, just direct message me and I will send you his details